Cable-winch.



E. Y. MOORE.

CABLE WINCH. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 21. 1am.

Patented Dec. 4, 191 Y.

E. Y. MOORE.

CABLE WINCH. 7

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-27. I9l6.

1 $49,169; Patented. Dec. 17.

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various purposes, "which employ drumsfto ea s rarer Fl 1@ EDWARD Y. MOORE, or CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CABLE-WINCH;

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To all whomz't may concern:

Be it known thatI, 'En'wanp Y. Moonn, a citizen offthe United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county "of Quyahoga' and State ofQhio, have invented a certainneiv and useful Improvement in Cable-finches, of whi h the folloyvingis full;

paeyins'dravmea i i This lnvention relates to, 1113011111813 for which cables are anchored which such cables are wound, thls class o f n achlnery being convenlently referred to as Winches. In these"cable Winches, V larly if, they are used for heavy duty,"it is l' ant ,iit' a mova f r re a qrreplac p t difficult'to eflic'ientlyanchor the cable to the n e eieet new? i ff i eli liieei the a l t the drum so arranged that it may efiectively re thacable inIu ea da jth same t m Wi l e, ad l e s$$ihh fre ea n tha Y ablelai srrefe re embe ment m F5- a ventlon compr ses a drum haying a flange,

n an, aee ier si s ries earthl s me; .I in the flange and having an eye through;

which the cable may bethreaded, andh'av ingn1eans QCCCSSIlQlQ fI'O HI the outside for a oving theeyeto claii ipthe cablefTThe invention is hereinafter morefu lly explained in l it tiQ i Wi th a pelili nel ra ings and the essentlal character stics are summarized the claims;

. In thedrayvlngs, F gure 1 1s a side elevation of an electric Winch hav ng four cable drum flesh equ p ed new fas en fis e vice; Fig. 24s, an end lvievv o'fsuchm echa; nlsmf; Fig. 3 is an end vlevy, partly sect onal,

f fthe dra a; igs s ad ametric,

cross section of s itch drum Fig. 5 is armg;

mentary edge V ew {of one of the drums.

In the ah overnentiolled drawings'lQ indi,

cr es a w ndin dri e i F -fl sh ve ur 1 these ram ey d; t e men s af i h may eld veha r r i after plainedf. (My invention Well adapted for a plurality of drums closejtogether, because it does notrec iure any access to the inter or,

-f tlle. anchorage of the g me; as hasherea y The in-. 1 hgweven is ppliCfible. to one or tofore been the common practice;- vention Inore drunis as desired,

' Each um l0 i l'r re itlelvi he ubst nia r y fi liedt fll b dy. Parties; ,1, h vin flanges 12 at its edges.

in the drawings.

] thereto b y i g y p clear, and exact description,referenceibeing had to the I radial opening The shank of the eye bolt is threaded, and

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body may have a' screw-thread groove, as shown at 13, The cable is indicated at 20 It lies about the periphery of the drum and its end portion is anchored anchoring devices. Each of these anchoring devices, asshown, consists of an eye bolt 30 having an eye portion through Which the cable may be threaded, and having a shank 31 which occupies a 15 in oneof the flanges 12.

screwing onto it is a nut 83 which is adapted to draW the eye bolt outwardly and thus clamp the cable against a shoulder pro- Vided partly by an arcualrecess 16 formed in the inner face of the flange and partly by an arcual rib 17 on the flange just outside of the recess.

The periphery of the i Several eye bolts are preferably provided (three being portion of the cable passes through these and is thus clamped at several points; I find that three of these clamping anchors are suflicient to effectively lock a cable carrying avery heavy load, though of course their number may be varied as desired.

The radial opening-'15, which the eye bolt.

shanksoccupy, are inclined so that the shank extends diagonally outward and the ends of i the shanks seat Within the recesses 18 formed in "the outer edge of the flange and thus protect it. T lieieye portion of the 'eyeboltseats partly in a recess 19 formed in the inner face ofthe flange and continuing as a rectangular hole through the body'11 of the drum. This construction also enables theeye bolts to be originally" y i q sary to loosen the'nuts 33.

Figs. 1 and Qiill'ustf'ate the compactness With Which a which having multiple drums" may be constructed employing my invention, as it isnot necessary to gain access tothe interior-to anchor the cablesw In these views f our drumsare keyed to common shaft 10, ai ed mean e s t ens f a bed 'put in place by passlng them through the holes 19'from the inside: The

shown in Fig. 3), and the end 42. Keyed centrally on the shaft is a worm wheel M which meshes with'a worm 45 on an intermediate shaft 46. On this shaft is also a worm wheel at? meshing with a worm e8 coupled with the armature shaft as of an electric motor 50. This double-worm-drive illustrates the heavy work which the winch shown is designed to accomplish and thus illustrates thcsecurity of the anchorage.

Heretoforc it has been customary to we tend the inner end of the cable through an opening in the cylindrical surface of the drum and secure it to the inner side, but with a multiple winch, as shown, this would require the tearing down of the winch every time a cable was to be changed. WVith my construction, as heretofore stated, the cables may-be changed simply by loosening the readily accessible nuts 33.

I prefer to provide the openings 15 and arcual shoulders 16 and 17 on each flange 1:2 of the drum, so that the cable may be anchored at either edge as desired. This is the construction shown in the drawings. In

Fig. 1 the two outermost drums have their cables anchored at the inner flanges and innermost drums have their cables anchored t their outer flanges, but my construction allowsanchorage at either flange, as is most convenient.

Having thus what I claim is:

1.' The combination, with a drum having a peripheral flange, of a cable adapted to be wound on the drum, flange for anchoring the. end of the cable, and means at the periphery of the flange for releasing said anchoring means.

2. The combination of a drum having a peripheral flange, a cable adapted to be wound thereon, an 'arcuate recess on the in ner side of the flange in which the end portion of the cable may seat, and means operdescribed my invention,

,able from the periphery of the flange for' forcing said end portion at one or more points againstthe shoulder provided by the recess to clamp the cable.

3. The combinatlon of a drum having a peripheral flange, a cable adapted to be.

Wound thereon, an arcual recess on the in-- ner side of the flange 111 which the end por-- tion of the cable may seat, and means mounted in the flange and operable from theouter periphery thereof for drawing said end portion'outwardly to clamp the cable.

4. The combination of a drum having a peripheral flange, an arcualrib on the inner-face of the flange, a cable adapted to be wound on the drum, and a device mounted in the flange and operable from the. outer periphery thereof and adapted to engage the cable and clamp it against the rib.

5. The combination of a drum having a radial flange, a cable adapted to be wound on the drum, an eye bolt adapted to have means carried by the have the cable threaded through it and hav- 1 ing its shank extending outwardly through the flange, and a nut screwing onsal'd shank and adapted to draw the eye'bolt' outwardly and thus clamp the cable.

7. The combination ofa drum having a flange with an arcual shoulderi on its inner face, a cable adapted'to wourid on the drum, a device adapted to engage the cable and havinga shank extending through the flange substantially to 1 its periphery, and a nut accessible at the periphery of the flange and screwing on' said shank and adapted to draw the device, outwardly and shoulder. y

8. The combination of'a drumhaving a peripheral flange with an opening in it, an

eye bolt having its shank. extending, outwardly and occupying said opening, anda nut screwing on the shank."

9. The combination of a and a recess on the inner. side of the flange communlca'tlng wlthsald opening, an eye ,thus clamp the cable against the arcuall' bolt having its shank occupying sa d open- I ing' and its eye-portion occupying said recess, and a ma screwingon'the outer end of the shank.

10. The combination ofa drum having at its edge" a radial flange with a radial opening in it, aneye bolt having its shank occupying said opening and-its eye at the inner end thereof, an opening through the cylindrical body of the'drum in juxtaposition to said eye,

through the eye;

I a nut screwing on'the outer end of the shank, and a cable extending having a hub, web,cylindrical body and an A edge flange, the outer face of which is substantially a radial plane, there being one or through such flange; fromthe drum and more radial openings which are inclined away terminate at theperipheraledge of the flange, and one or more recesses in the in.-

ner face of the, flange and one ormore openings from the hollow of the drum between the hub and cylindrical bodyto saidrecesisf or recesses, one or more eye bolts having their bodies extendlnglnto' the recesses in the flange andhaving their shanks occupying said inclined radial openings, andone or more nuts screwmglonto said shanks,

whereby ar-cable may be clamped 'to the drum by the turningof said nuts. p

12. The combination "of a drum having two edge flanges each with an outwardly extending opening in it, an eye bolt having its shank adapted to occupy said opening in either peripheral flange, a nut screwing on the outer end of the shank, and a cable extending through the eye bolt and adapted to be Wound on the drum.

13. In a Winch, the combination of a plurality of drums side by side and close to each other, edge flanges on said drums, the adjacent faces of which are substantially radial planes, cables, and means accessible from the. outside for anchoring the ends of the cables to one of the edge flanges of the corresponding drum.

14. In a Winch, the combination of a plurality of drums side by side, peripheral flanges at the edges of said drum, cables adapted to be Wound on the respective drums, means carried by the flanges of the drums and. extending outwardly through such flanges for anchoring the cables, and means accessible at the outer periphery of the flanges for operating said devices.

15. In a Winch, the combination of a plurality of drums side by side and close to each other, each provided With a pair of edge flanges, a device carried by one of the flanges of each drum for anchoring the cable to the drum, and means accessible from the outer periphery of the flange for operating said device.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature.

EDWARD Y. MOORE.

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